Fee-based commissions
A checklist for authors before accepting a fee-based commission
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Engaging freelancers for speaking events
A checklist of points for commissioners engaging authors for events
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Chasing payments
This SoA guide aims to help tackle some of our members’ most common questions and provide further information about how best to go about chasing payments
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An author’s archives and papers
Guidance on the materials related to your work – your papers, manuscripts, digital files and other items – and what you might do with them
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Writing a synopsis
Join Olivia Chapman as she leads this 90-minute workshop teaching you a practical way on how to write a synopsis for submission to an agent, producer or for a competition
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ISBNs, ASINs and metadata
A guide to whether a work needs an ISBN and ASIN, who obtains them and what metadata is
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Legal requirements for self-publishers
Including what needs to on the copyright page of the book
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Paid-for services for authors
A guide to paid-for services for authors, including author-pays publishing, publicity, editing and indexing
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Rights in images
How to avoid rights issues when using images in your publications
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Industry Insider – Shining the spotlight on ghost-writers: celebrity authored children’s fiction
Learn about ghost-writing in children’s fiction and how to get into the industry!
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Shining the spotlight on ghost-writers: celebrity authored children’s fiction
Learn about the hidden world of ghost-writing and how to enter the industry!
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Privacy law: what does it mean post-Brexit?
Amber Melville-Brown and Chloe Flascher of Withersworldwide examine recent trends and expose common myths
